Introduction: roaming and rooted – migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth
University of Glasgow · University of Zimbabwe · +2 more institutions
Abstract
This Special Issue examines the intersections of migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth, offering a decolonial and youth-centred perspective on mobility and belonging. Drawing on comparative, multi-sited ethnography in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK, the contributionscentre on young Africans’ agency as they navigate structural inequality, postcolonial legacies, racialised bordering and digital connectivity. By foregrounding African epistemologies such askufambira (relational journeying) and unsettling Eurocentric binaries – migrant/left-behind and religious/secular – this Special Issue reconceptualises migration as a spiritually embedded, multi-directional…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 542.17
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 64
Authors
4Topics & keywords
- Spirituality
- Roaming
- Immigration
- Ethnic group
- Ethnography
- Reduced inequalities